The CBI on Tuesday arrested Rahul Grover, a private person, on the allegations of working as conduit of gun dealers and officials of various districts of the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir.
Grover was produced before the designated court in Srinagar that remanded him to 10-day CBI custody, officials said.
The CBI had taken over the investigation of the case from the State police on the allegations that during the period 2012 to 2016, the Deputy Commissioners of various districts of Jammu and Kashmir had fraudulently and illegally issued bulk arms licenses in lieu of monetary consideration.
Grover was also allegedly involved in various financial transactions with other co-accused persons including public servants.
After taking over the case, searches were also earlier conducted at the premises of accused which led to recovery of incriminating documents.
"The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a private person on the allegations of working as conduit of Gun Dealers & officials of various districts of the then State of J&K and also indulged in various financial transactions with other co-accused persons including public servants in an on-going investigation of a case," the CBI said in a statement. The arrested accused was produced before the competent court at Srinagar and was remanded to 10 days police custody, it added.
The agency had registered two cases in August 2018 following allegations that two lakh arms licences were issued to non-resident of the erstwhile State.
In December last year, the CBI had conducted searches at 17 locations in Jammu & Kashmir at the premises of senior IAS officers Yasha Mudgal and Kumar Rajeev Ranjan besides the then District Collectors/District Magistrates of Kupwara, Baramulla, Udhampur, Kishtwar, Shopian, Rajouri, Doda and Pulwama in connection with the alleged gun licensing racket busted by the Rajasthan police in 2017.